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Probe problems, need help

Brokersmoker
Brokersmoker Posts: 646
edited November -0001 in EggHead Forum
I've been using a Walmart special no name internal temp thermometer and something shot craps..... LLL, or HHH are the only internal meat displays, thought it might be the batteries, but same thing. Only been used since late August, no markings on base or unit to go online and search. Does anyone have a similar experience, any help greatly appreciated

Ken
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  • BENTE
    BENTE Posts: 8,337
    if it has probes and it was in your egg above 400 (or so) probes proabably shot. keep the thing if it has a clock on it i have two "timers" that used to be probe thermometers but i ruined the probes by having it in a egg that was too hot::

    happy eggin

    TB

    Anderson S.C.

    "Life is too short to be diplomatic. A man's friends shouldn't mind what he does or says- and those who are not his friends, well, the hell with them. They don't count."

    Tyrus Raymond Cobb

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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,451
    your probe is fried so you'll need a new one - most cost about $12 so it might be cheaper to start with a new thermometer and probe! Recently WOOT had wireless ones on sale for only $12.99 so look around.
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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  • Brokersmoker
    Brokersmoker Posts: 646
    Are the probes interchangeable, say from a maverick et-73?
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  • 2Fategghead
    2Fategghead Posts: 9,624
    Ben, Sounds like bad probes. :ohmy: My maverick did something simular and it was the probes. I called Maverick and they sent me new probes free! Tim
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  • BENTE
    BENTE Posts: 8,337
    i don't know i went with a guru that had probes and later on they got high temp probes..

    so for me i talked my wife into a guru cause i didn't want to keep collecting "timers"...

    i told her "i only need two" so i got a guru and a thermapen and my cooking got better ;)

    happy eggin

    TB

    Anderson S.C.

    "Life is too short to be diplomatic. A man's friends shouldn't mind what he does or says- and those who are not his friends, well, the hell with them. They don't count."

    Tyrus Raymond Cobb

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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,451
    more than likely no they won't match up well - I have purchased replacements and have to test them in boiling water to know how far off they are and then compensate for that error. That's why I say get new unit with probe.
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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  • BENTE
    BENTE Posts: 8,337
    shoot i agree with rrp on the get a new one then save up for the guru and quit worring about all that temp taking :laugh:


    but stop at two :whistle:

    happy eggin

    TB

    Anderson S.C.

    "Life is too short to be diplomatic. A man's friends shouldn't mind what he does or says- and those who are not his friends, well, the hell with them. They don't count."

    Tyrus Raymond Cobb

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  • EggTurner
    EggTurner Posts: 108
    Whatever you do - get a Polder or a Thermoworks. don't get another "no name."
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,451
    Supposedly all of the probes plus the units come from just two Asian manufactures! I know for a fact that my expensive Sharper Image wireless unit is nothing but a Maverick with a different colored case and name. Likewise the Polder is just a popular name brand, but compare it others. Likewise my ThermoWorks unit is identical to my Pyrex brand. IMO name recognition is fine advice for some things, but these things are not lifetime purchases and once a probe is fried it's a 50-50 chance to get a replacement probe that works.
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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